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kids would love to play for John Gruden

  • Gruden would bring in talent from every state. He is a awesome coach that dont take any bs he knows football inside and out. Very big on watching film and making adjustments to who we are playing it would be the best thing to happen to texas since Vince Young

    texasmade21

  • texasmade21 said...

    Gruden would bring in talent from every state. He is a awesome coach that dont take any bs he knows football inside and out. Very big on watching film and making adjustments to who we are playing it would be the best thing to happen to texas since Vince Young

    Why do people think Gruden would be a good college coach? He seems like a disaster with recruiting. He doesn't know how to handle players with issues or immaturity. He hasn't coached in years and hasn't coached in college in decades.

    I think Gruden would bomb in the college game. Like, Charlie Weis type bomb.

    Blurred Vision

  • I think that is a good candidate to put at the top of our list...

    HORNed FROG

  • Gruden would be a ridiculously crappy hire. He hasn't recruited in 30 years.

    If Texas wants to hire someone other than Nick Saban, then there are two terrific choices in the state in Art Briles and Gary Patterson.

    Texas doesn't need to reinvent the wheel with a coaching hire.

    This post was edited by BobbyBurton on 10/13/2012 at 9:39 PM

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  • BobbyBurton said...

    Gruden would be a ridiculously crappy hire. He hasn't recruited in 30 years.

    If Texas wants to hire someone other than Nick Saban, then there are two terrific choices in the state in Art Briles and Gary Patterson.

    Texas doesn't need to reinvent the wheel with a coaching hire.

    Exactly. I just don't get people's allure too Gruden. He's not a good coach. His NFL teams got progressively worse each year. I still think he's the most overrated coach in football, at any level.

    UTK66

  • BobbyBurton said...

    Gruden would be a ridiculously crappy hire. He hasn't recruited in 30 years.

    If Texas wants to hire someone other than Nick Saban, then there are two terrific choices in the state in Art Briles and Gary Patterson.

    Texas doesn't need to reinvent the wheel with a coaching hire.

    I would go with Patterson. He has proven that he can have a good offense and defense. Briles has never had a good defense.

    Hookem89 ●

  • Gruden would be a disaster.

    Kelly, Patterson, Petersen, Briles should be the list(no idea what order but that should be the list). Don't think Saban is realistic. Meyer/Muschaml aren't happening. Harbaugh is a bigger dream than those 3.

    LegendaryHorn

  • BobbyBurton said...

    Gruden would be a ridiculously crappy hire. He hasn't recruited in 30 years.

    If Texas wants to hire someone other than Nick Saban, then there are two terrific choices in the state in Art Briles and Gary Patterson.

    Texas doesn't need to reinvent the wheel with a coaching hire.

    This with regards to Gruden. I don't see Briles or Patterson in our future, but people are grasping at straws with Chuckie.

    And if you're going to go real wild card here, and not a realistic name that's on everyone's radar, people might not forget that there's a Pirate plying the waters of the Pacific. He's not my first, second, or third choice, but we could do worse. Like Gruden.

    I got brains. I got big ol' brains. I got dinosaur brains.

    Bobby_Batronic ●

  • Blurred Vision said...

    Why do people think Gruden would be a good college coach? He seems like a disaster with recruiting. He doesn't know how to handle players with issues or immaturity. He hasn't coached in years and hasn't coached in college in decades.

    I think Gruden would bomb in the college game. Like, Charlie Weis type bomb.

    +1

    Couldn't agree more

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  • I don't get the love for Briles

    I think he'd be a good coach at Texas along the lines of 9-3 every year.

    There's nothing in his college resume that demonstrates championship level football. The pinnacle of his career his an Alamo Bowl victory and a single Top 25 finish.

    Guys like Meyer, Chris Peterson, Patterson dominated non-BCS leagues. Briles couldn't even do that.

    dallashorn02

  • Blurred Vision said...

    Why do people think Gruden would be a good college coach? He seems like a disaster with recruiting. He doesn't know how to handle players with issues or immaturity. He hasn't coached in years and hasn't coached in college in decades.

    I think Gruden would bomb in the college game. Like, Charlie Weis type bomb.

    Totally agree. We don't need another "personality" as a head coach.

    Bevo11

  • BobbyBurton said...

    Gruden would be a ridiculously crappy hire. He hasn't recruited in 30 years.

    If Texas wants to hire someone other than Nick Saban, then there are two terrific choices in the state in Art Briles and Gary Patterson.

    Texas doesn't need to reinvent the wheel with a coaching hire.

    Agree on Patterson. Not on Briles. He has no clue about the importance of defense.

    Bevo11

  • Bevo11 said...

    Agree on Patterson. Not on Briles. He has no clue about the importance of defense.

    I don't think that's necessarily the case. When he got to Baylor the cupboard was so bare that I think he realized the best way to win quickly would be to score a lot of points. A lot like Leach. Hes done that now that he's gotten playmakers.

    I also think its tough to get quality Dlineman and LBers. There's not very many in the state left over every year after Texas, OU, and the the odd SEC team take the cream of the crop. I think they try to make do with the likes of a Hager and hope they can get enough stops. Doesn't always work out but I really think there's not much of an alternative. I've heard him in interviews before and he is quite aware that the D isn't good enough. Also, its not like Baylor is a national brand where they can go OOS if there's not anything they like in state. I think that's one reason they're so receptive to transfers.

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  • Coaches on the Texas hiring short list:

    Bob Stoops
    Art Briles
    Mike Gundy
    Paul Rhodes
    Bill Snyder
    Rick Neuheisel

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    Hooked636905 ●

  • Hooked636905 said...

    Coaches on the Texas hiring short list:

    Bob Stoops Art Briles Mike Gundy Paul Rhodes Bill Snyder Rick Neuheisel

    After time to think about it if being realistic. I would say Dan Mullen or Gary Patterson. Briles hasn't shown me enough yet.

    Tower_Orange

  • i think it's got to be Patterson or Briles.

    Texas roots make Briles my favorite candidate.

    what Briles did at Houston and Baylor isn't good luck - they were both terrible programs when he took them over.

    can't imagine Briles is indifferent to defense, he's never been anywhere where he can recruit well enough to properly fill
    a roster with DI athletes. (with all due props to A. Dixon.)

    (why did i reply to a post about jon gruden as HC at UT?)

    no

    This post was edited by Endust on 10/13/2012 at 11:59 PM

    Endust

  • I understand why people think Saban isn't a possibility but I believe they're mistaken. It will take some dough but I think he'd be receptive to leaving Alabama for Texas.

    maninblack1

  • maninblack1 said...

    I understand why people think Saban isn't a possibility but I believe they're mistaken. It will take some dough but I think he'd be receptive to leaving Alabama for Texas.

    Agree with this. Don't know if that's the route Texas will go, but I think it'd be easier to pull Saban out of Bama than to pull Muschamp from Florida(just an example).

    I'd love Patterson, someone needs to change the BS country club culture, he might be the guy to do it.

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    khorn28 ●

  • I pray we at least make a run at Saban. He can be had. Make him an 8-9 million offer and see what happens. Money won't be the issue with getting him though. He is at a program where winning championships is THE bottom line. They don't give a damn about 10 win seasons, bowl trips, etc. Championships is all Bama cares about which is a perfect fit for him. On top of that he is able to run the Bama program with complete autonomy.

    maceoa9903

  • maninblack1 said...

    I understand why people think Saban isn't a possibility but I believe they're mistaken. It will take some dough but I think he'd be receptive to leaving Alabama for Texas.

    Agree on Saban...hypothetically, if Saban ended up in Austin, I just wonder how many coaches on the current staff he would keep...like former ALA assistants Major Applewhite or Bo Davis?

    mcb0703 ●

  • BobbyBurton said...

    Gruden would be a ridiculously crappy hire. He hasn't recruited in 30 years.

    If Texas wants to hire someone other than Nick Saban, then there are two terrific choices in the state in Art Briles and Gary Patterson.

    Texas doesn't need to reinvent the wheel with a coaching hire.

    Plus Gruden career record is .500..................he is all hat and no cattle.

    Briles teams don't play defense and are undisciplined. That is what we are watching now.....IMHO

    Patterson is the real deal. His teams are complete on both sides of the ball. He develops players and they graduate.

    This post was edited by austinr on 10/14/2012 at 6:51 AM

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    austinr ●

  • Hooked636905 said...

    Coaches on the Texas hiring short list:

    Bob Stoops Art Briles Mike Gundy Paul Rhodes Bill Snyder Rick Neuheisel

    Rick N.???

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  • maninblack1 said...

    I understand why people think Saban isn't a possibility but I believe they're mistaken. It will take some dough but I think he'd be receptive to leaving Alabama for Texas.

    Saban would come for the money and the challenge. If he could win a championship with UT it would cement his legacy and his ego.....

    I think he would come. Get him.

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    DharmaCombat

  • maceoa9903 said...

    I pray we at least make a run at Saban. He can be had. Make him an 8-9 million offer and see what happens. Money won't be the issue with getting him though. He is at a program where winning championships is THE bottom line. They don't give a damn about 10 win seasons, bowl trips, etc. Championships is all Bama cares about which is a perfect fit for him. On top of that he is able to run the Bama program with complete autonomy.

    I know Texas can spend more money than Bama on a head coach. But you are right when you said winning is their bottom line. I think they are willing to spend more than Texas would be. They would match anything Texas throws out their in my uninformed opinion.

    UTexasgunslinger

  • DharmaCombat said...

    Saban would come for the money and the challenge. If he could win a championship with UT it would cement his legacy and his ego.....

    I think he would come. Get him.

    Exactly.

    maninblack1

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